International Ivy – Forensic Science

Course Description

Students will learn and apply the various techniques used during a crime scene investigation, including what types of evidence to collect and how that evidence can be used to deduce information about the crime and/or perpetrator. Students will learn such investigative strategies as measuring stride length from footprints left at the scene to calculate height; using the victim’s temperature to estimate the time of death; and collecting blood and other DNA samples from the scene in order to conduct a variety of biological tests—including blood typing and DNA fingerprinting that can match a suspect to the crime.